Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B.L.Wt. 1829-100, Benjamin Doubleday, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
Continental (Mass.)
Doubleday, Benjamin Mary
BLW 1829-100
CONTENTS

Benjamin Doubleday N o . 1829

State of Rhode Island } Newport County }
Personally appeared before the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Newport, Mary Doubleday of said Town and County, who being duly sworn according to Law, doth depose and say, That this deponent is the Widow and relic of Benjamin Doubleday Deceased and that previous to the Revolutionary War, the said Benjamin and this deponent resided in this Town of Newport and state aforesaid, and that after the commencement of the and the continuance of the aforesaid War, the said Benjamin Doubleday this deponents husband, went from this town to Providence in this state, where he the said Benjamin tarried a short time, and from thence he went into the state of Massachusetts, where he Enlisted as a Soldier into the service of the United States, as this deponent was credibly informed, but for what term the said Benjamin Enlisted for this deponent does not know only by report. That during the occupation of this Town by the British Troops this deponent with her Children was constrained to make her escape from hence to Providence, in this state, and continued absent with her family untill after the corruption enemies Troops evacuated this town of Newport, when this deponent returned to her former residence. This deponent further testifies that the said Benjamin Doubleday her said husband never returned to his family, and that she believes the said Benjamin, deceased at Boston in the state of Massachusetts, soon after the Termination of the Revolutionary War, from the following circumstances, Viz. that soon after her said return to this town, and after the close of the War, this deponent rec d a Letter from John Doubleday, who resided in

Boston in the State of Massachusetts, and who was a Brother of this deponents husband, who informed her of the sickness and death of his Brother the said Benjamin, the husband of this deponent and further that his Brother the said Benjamin had deposited in his hands for safe keeping, more than four hundred Dollars in value, consisting of final settlement Notes and other valuable papers, That immediately after the receipt of the aforesaid letter a correspondence was opened between this deponent, and the said John Doubleday which resulted in a claim on this deponent by the said John for funeral charges and other expenses incident to the sickness and death of the said Benjamin her late husband, which as stated amounted to one hundred Dollars, That soon after these occurrences the said John Doubleday was suddenly taken ill and deceased, and this deponent has not to this day received any of the aforsaid property left by the said Benjamin in the hands of his Brother as aforesaid, This deponent further testifies that she had six Children by the said Benjamin; that only two of that number arrived to years of maturity (Viz) Deborah (now the Widow Deborah Potter) and Mary Doubleday That she this Deponent is in the Eighty sixth year of her age; and that she always believed and does still believe that the aforesaid Benjamin her said late husband Enlisted for, and served "During the War" and further this deponent saith not.
Mary Doubleday
Newport Jc. — Newport November the 10 th A.D. 1831.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year last above mentioned before me E. Merrill Justice of the Peace. I do hereby certify from my own personal knowledge, that the deponent Mary Doubleday is a person of respectability & truth, and that she sustains a character every way unimpeachable — E. Merrill J.P.

Affidavit of Widow Mary Doubleday
1838 Baltimore Maryland

Mary Doubleday, Application for U. S. Bounty Land
WILLIAM V. BROWN
HYLAND V. THE MARK OF THE CROSS (S. X.)

DEPARTMENT OF WAR.
STATE OF Rhode Island COUNTY OF Newport } ss.
I Mary Doubleday daughter and heir at Law, to Benjamin Doubleday deceased, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, Benjamin Doubleday aforesaid, about, or in the Year, 1777 entered, or enlisted into the service of the United States, for the term of "During the War:" and, that, he served in Regiment No. _____ of the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel Baldwin ; and that, he continued in the service aforesaid, until the close of the War, when he was regularly discharged from the Artificers Regiment of the Massachusetts Line, commanded by Colonel Baldwin . I further testify and declare, that my father the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday deceased enlisted in the State of Massachusetts for the term of during the War ; and that he served in a Corps of United States Artillery - Artificers , and served to the close of the same, and that he deceased at Boston , soon after the close of the Revolution , and did not return to his family, I further declare, that I have never received a Warrant for the Bounty Land promised to Benjamin Doubleday aforesaid, on the part of the United States, nor do I believe he has ever received it, or transferred his claim, in any manner, whatsoever:—
All Men, By These Presents, that I Mary Doubleday — aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint Reuben Baldwin of Greeneville, in the State of New-York, to be my true and lawful Attorney, for me and in my name, to demand and receive, from the Secretary of War, of the United States, a Warrant for the quantity of Land due to me and to the other heirs of Benjamin Doubleday — as aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand — and seal, this first — day of October — 1831.
Witness E Brewster }
Mary Doubleday
COUNTY of Newport ss. Personally appeared before me Eleazer Brewster — a Justice of the Peace, in and for the County aforesaid Mary Doubleday — subscriber to the above declaration, who acknowledged the power of Attorney thereto subjoined, to be her free act and deed; and likewise made solemn oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration. Dated this first — day of October — 1831.
E Brewster Justice of the Peace
STATE OF Rhode Island COUNTY OF Newport } ss.
E Brewster was a Magistrate, duly authorized to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the State of Rhode Island at the above date, and that his name there subscribed, appears to be his usual signature; I have hereunto affixed the Seal of the Court and subscribed my name, at Newport this fourteenth day of November 1831.
H. J. Cranston Clerk

Probate to certify in the claim by the heirs of Benjamin Doubleday

At a Court of Probate holden Newport September 19 th 1831. Whereas satisfactory evidence was this day adduced to this Court to prove that Mary Doubleday is the reputed widow of Benjamin Doubleday formerly of Newport Rhode Island, who was a Blockmaker, and worked at his trade in said Newport previous to the Revolutionary War; and also that Deborah Potter Widow and Mary Doubleday are the children and heirs and the only heirs at law in fee of said Benjamin Doubleday, dec d . and that they are residents in said Newport.
a true Copy Witness
Blyth B. Howland Probate clerk
Newport Jc. . .
Clerks Office Court of Probate Newport Rhode Island March 23 rd 1832
I hereby Certify that the above is a true Copy from the records of the Court of Probate.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court the day and Year last above written
Blyth B. Howland Probate Clerk

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Worcester County ss.
Be it known that on this fifteenth of March in the year 1832. Before me Joseph Hinds one of the justices of the peace in and for said County, Personally appeared Elizabeth Nash widow of Rev William Nash De d late of this Town of West Boylston in said County, who being sworn doth depose and say that she is the Daughter of John Doubleday De d late of Boston, That she well remembers Benjamin Doubleday who was an Uncle to this Deponent That soon after the termination of the Revolutionary War the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday came to Boston where he took up his lodgings at the Northend of the same, that I well remember altho a child of my Uncle. the said Benjamin frequently coming to my fathers house, and of his jockeying his sister Dorcas who resided at my fathers house by telling her that her mob cap looked like Miss Washingtons, meaning the Lady of his Excellency; That soon thereafter my Uncle the said Benjamin was taken sick and died; that this Deponent was at the funeral; That this Deponent allways understood and believed and does still believe that the said Benjamin was a soldier in the Army of the Revolution; That this Deponent allways under- -stood that the widow, and family of the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday resides at New Port in the State of Rhode Island; That this Deponent further says that she is in the Sixtyfirst year of her Age, and further saith not. I was sworn to on the day above said before me - Joseph Hinds Justice of the Peace. Elizabeth Nash

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Worcesters. I Abijah Bigelow, Clerk of the Judicial Courts, holden within and for the county of Worcester, do hereby certify, that Joseph Hinds, Esquire, before whom the within affidavit of Elizabeth Nash was sworn to, is a Justice of the Peace within and for the said county of Worcester, and that his signature thereto appears to me to be in his own proper hand writing. I further certify that I am acquainted with the said Elizabeth Nash, and that she is esteemed, and I believe her to be, a person of truth and veracity.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the County Seal of said County of Worcester, this fifteenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. Abijah Bigelow, Clk.

Hon. Secretary of War of the United States, War Department; Bounty Land Office Washington
Rec d Mar 30. 1862

New Port, Rhode Island, March 23 d 1872
Sir, I herewith transmit the papers in relation to the claim by the heirs of Benjamin Doubleday Dec d who was an Artificer in the Corps of U. States Artillery, Artificers; claiming the sum of for the quantity of Bounty Land due them as the only heirs of the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday Dec d . A power of Attorney duly executed to me for that purpose, as also one authorizing me to draw Scrips from the General Land Office; and an authenticated Certificate of heirship, is likewise herewith forwarded. If this claim should be considered admissible, you will please to issue a Warrant in satisfaction thereof, and deposit the same accompanied by the power of Attorney, authorizing me to draw Scrips, thereon, in the General Land Office of the United States. The Deposition of Mary Doubleday, widow and relic of the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday, is also herewith forwarded. I would take the liberty to state that the identity of Person and service could not be so fully established here as I could wish in this case, as will appear in the Probate Certificate, in consequence of the decease of the said Benjamin, as he returned to his family at this Town of Newport. The claimants have had recourse to some of their connexion who resided in Boston at the time and were witnesses of the Decease and burial of their kinsman, the aforesaid Benjamin Doubleday; A Deposition to that effect has been procured from Miss Elizabeth Nash, who is a Niece of the said Benjamin, and Daughter of M c John Doubleday Dec d who was a Brother of said Benjamin. Pleas transmit the answer to this communication directed to me at this place.
Very respectfully, Sir I am your Obedient Servant Reuben Balwin
Hon ble Secretary of War, Bounty Land Office, Washington.

Reuben Baldwin
March 31 st 1832
Benj Doubleday
1829
Rev.

Sir
Dep t of War, Bounty Land Office
March 31 st 1832
Yours of the 23 rd inst. enclosing an application for bounty land by the heirs of Benjamin Doubleday. Who was a Private in the Corps of Artillery Artificers in the War of the Revolution is received and referred to this office — In reply I have to inform you that, the claim is found to be supported by Satisfactorily evidence, and that, Land Warrant N o . 1829 for 100 Acres. Will issue in the names of the heirs, and, agreeably to your instructions, the same will be deposited in the Gen l Land office, accompanied by the Power of Attorney Authorizing you to draw Scrip thereon
Yrs &c Wm Gordon
Mr. Reuben Baldwin New Port R. Island